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MACHINE FR LOADNG CARTRIDGES. No. 553,245. @artffsed,JamT 21,1896.

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No. 553,245. Patented Jn. 21, 1896.

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MACHINE FOR LOADING CARTRDGES.

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MACHINE FR LQA'DVHNG CRTRIDG'ES..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,245, datedJ'anuary 21, 1896.

Application filed November 13, 1894.

To aZ/l whom, it may concern; -Be it known that I, PAUL KMMERER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Troisdorf, near Cologne, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartridge- Filling Machines, of which the following is a This invention relates to a cartridge-filling machine intended to portion oit certain quantities of powder, to Weigh every portionedfoi quantity, and to so adjust the receptacle serv-- ing to pass oi the weighed portions of powder that the quantities of powder exactly corresponding to a certain Weight are forwarded to the cartridge-case, while those quantities which either surpass this desired weight or do not reach it are turned aside from the cartridge-cases successivelysupplied to he filled.

In the annexed drawings, Figures l and 2 representthe upper part of the machine infront and side elevation, respectively. Figs. 3 and a represent the lower part thereof, also in front and side elevation, respectively. Fig. 5 shows the lower part in plan. Fig. Gis a front elevation of the wholemachine. Figs. 7 to 13 are detail views of parts.

In the frame 1 of the machine, Figs. 3 and #1, is liourualed the shaft 2, which is driven. by the belt-pulley 3, keyed on said shaft at its leit-hand side. On the opposite end of the drivin g-shaft 3 a sp ur-vvheel i is provided, which engages with the spurswheel 5 on the shaft 6.' The shaft G is journaled in the plumber-blocks 7 and in the lower part of the pillar 8, and it carries at its opposite c nd a cam or iappet 9, on which runs a wheel'lO on the lower end of a thrust-rod 1l. The upper end of this thrust-rod 11 is pivoted on the lever 12 of the plug 15 of a cock arranged inside the casing 1o at the head of the pillar 8.

bed-plate V13 tends to draw down said lever. lThe plug 15, Figs. 11 and 12, is furnished with a bore 95whicln by means of the slide- L'an be made to have a larger or smaller crosssectional area. The housing 16 is provided with two bores, 96 and 97. The casing 16 carries the funnel 17 in communication ywith the bore 96. This funnelis intended to re- 'rod 34, guided in the bracket 29.

sain No. zasez. (No moda the lower bore, 97, ends in a discharge-nozzle 1S. The 'latter lies above the flaring end of tube 19, and the lower termination of this latter tube lies immediately over the. weighing-funnel 20.

The weighing-funnel 20 is suspended from the one arm of the balance-beam 22 carried by the column 21,'while the other arm of the' balance:beam carries an ordinary scale-pan 23.' The weighing-funnel 20 is in the forni of an inverted cone, and consists of two por tions divided upon a central plane passing through the 'apex of the cone. These two portions are suitably hinged together and held in cpntact by the Weighted arms 24, Figs. 1, 2, and lo. Upon the shaft 6 there are also three small cams, 25, 26, and 2 7, Figs. 7 to 10. On thc cam 25 runs the wheel 3Q of the slide- The spring 35, attached to said rod 34 and to the bracket,v holds the wheel 3G in contact with the cam 25.

The arm 37 on the slide 34 carriesa fork .38,

and freed by or from the arms of the slide 3l. Against the cam 27 rests the free arm of a doublearmed lever 39,- fulcrumed behind ther column 21,'while the other arm of vsaid which is guided in the column 21 and rests with itsupperend against the balance-beam 22, so that the rod 4Q and with it the balancebeam 22 -on rotation of the cam 27 are alternately lifted and lowered.

Upon the center of the uppe balancebcain 22 a knife-edge 41 is arranged, opposite to which a double knifeedge 42 isl provided, which is fixed on the lower end of a rod 43 guided in the upperend of bracket 29.

The .rod43 is at its upper end piyoted to a double-armed lever 45, whichlatter is ful-.

@ruined on the pivot ,44 on the bracket `29. i

the balance-beam 22 is alternately arrested lever is-pivotally connectedwith a rod 40',-

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This lever 45, by ineans of the rod 46, bellcrank lever 47, and rod.48, is connected with the directing-funnel 28.

. The -directing-fu'nnel 25 is rotatably arranged on a forked bracket 49 lined upon the plate 13, so that its outfall-tube may be.

` are set in action from the shaft 2 through beveled gears 55 and 57 and the eccentric 56. The beveled-tooth Wheel 55 engages with the beveled-tooth wheel 57 on the end of the vertical shaft 58. The shaft 58 carries a cano 5S) having an inclined groove in which runs wheel 61 upon the-slide (i0, Figs. 3 and 4. Below the wheel 61 a fork 62 'is i'ixed on the slide 60, one arm of which carries a tubular sleeve 33 sliding upon the lower end of the powder-conveyingtube 50. The tubular piece 63 stands under the action ot the spring 464, which latter rests against the rigid arm 65.

'y In the other arm of the fork 62 a weighted -plate73 of the machine.

rod G6 is loosely inserted, the said rod 66 being gnidedin the rigid bracket 67, and its lower end on the downward movement of the slide penetrates into that cartridge-,case

5i immediately beneath it in the revolving disk 5&5. l

68 is a bell-crank lever pivotally arranged in the bracket (39 placed sidewise of the revolving disk 53. The lower arm of said angularlever is in connection with a slide 71 lying beneath the disk 53 and covering an opening 70 in vthe bed-plate. Against the slide 71 rests a spring 74 fixed on the base- ()n the slide GO, further, the stamp 72 is also fixed, Fig. 3, which presses the projectiles onto the charged cartridge-cases. 'lhe ring encircling the cecentric 56 is connected by rod 75 with the slide 7G `and moves the latter up and down. together with the rod 81 connected therewith. The rod 8l carries an arm y77, which is annular at its outer end. l

Irvlhe projectiles are supplied to the machine through 'the tube 79, while the cartridge-cases arrive through the supyvjily-tnbe 8O .into the concentrically-a rranged ori tices of the revolving disk 513. A

he double-arn1ed lever S2, arranged in the bracket S7 of the machine-frame, is actuated b the s rin r S3 and is ivotall connect-ed.

y l e D with the slide Si. 0n revolution of the'shaft l 'the cani S5, which rests againstv the lever S2, rocks the latter and eiects an alternate forward and. backward sliding movement of the slide H4, so that the front end ot' said slide en1l)l'a -s one of 'the projectiles 78 fed through the tubo 7H. The disk 52% revolved by the 53 and periodically turns the disk to a certain extent. The locking of the disk 53 aftereach partial revolution is effected by the shaft 58 placing a solid portion of its periphery Vinto one of the recesses 91, which are arranged at certain intervals around the periphery of the disk 53, whereas the unlocking is effected by aslot in said .shaft arriving during revolution of theshaft in such a position that the edge of disk 53 can pass through it. I

The operation of the above-described machine is as follows: @Wing to the rotary Inotion imparted. to the shaft 6 from the shaft '2 through the spur-wheels 4 and 5, the cani 9 causes the bar 11 and the lever 12 connected therewith to be alternately lifted and lowered, so that the cock 15 is at certain interv vals turned backward and forward to a certain extent. lViren the lever 12 has arrived at its highest position, the cock 15 receives a quantity of powder corresponding to the adjusted size oi its inner bore and delivers this quantity on backward rotation of the cock 15 when the lever 12 has reached its lowest position, Figs. v1 and 2, to the nozzle 18. The portion of powder falls through the tube 1f) into the Weighingfannel 20. At this moment the cain 26 begins to'act by lifting the arms 33 of the slide 31 away from the scale-beam, thus freeingthe latter. The seale-pan 28 will have been provided with the weights necessary to exactly balance the portioncd-of quantity of powder. The balance-beam 22 new, when the weight of the quantity ot powder in the weighing-funnel 2O corresponds exactly to the weights placed upon 'the pan 23, adjusts itself in such a manner that on lifting of the balance-beam the knife-edge il exactly strikes the notch of the double knife-edge l2, knocking 'this latter upward. lVl'ie-n, however, the quantity of powder in the weighingt'unnel 2O is an under or over Weight, the knife-edge 41,011 raising of the balance-benin 22, passes .by to the left or right of the double knife-edge l2 and causes no movement of the saine. justed itself the cani 27 commences its ac tion and lifts up the balance-beam 22, together with-'the knife-edge 41', by means of the lever 39 and the rod l40. knife-edge Ll1 hits the'notch of the double knii`e-edge 42, then this latter is likewise lifted, and through the lever 45, the rod 46, the lever 47 and the rod i8 causes a turning motion of the funnel 28, so that the dischargevtube of the latter arrives above the tube 50.

lf, on the contrary, the knife-edge 41, during the upwardv movement of the balaneebeam IOO IIO

As soon as the balance has adv vif: now the l 22, passes by' to the left or the right of" the double knife-edgea, then' the position of the funnel 28,.Which usually presents itself above the pass-oit tube 51, is not changed.

Shortly after the cam 27 has commenced lifting `the balance-beam 22 the cam 25 begins to act, lifts the slide 3l with the fork 37 and 24 of the weighing ,.nses the latter to open raises the weighted funnel 20, and thu;

pvoted vessel s moved to align its discharge orifice with therst chute' for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination o!" n bed-plaie having en orifice therein, a slide movable to close and disclose said orifice, fr lever operatively eomieetefl'with Said Slide, aA rotar y holder lm ving bottomless oric'es for reception or cal tridge eases above said bell-plete7 au arm adapted to be reeiproeaterl Lo rml from said holder, a plunger loosely guided in said arm :nifl adapted to 1" ill into *each cartridge ease as it; is presented thereunder until its movement nlleleno is stopped by powder, if any, therein, and a collmou said plunger aa-pted to rook said lever when no powder is in the cartridge ease 'thereby @arising the withdrmval of the Slide and the outfall of the ellipty cartridge ease 'aluorwh the ssa-ill orifice.

Iln' testimony whereof Lhave signed this specification in the presence of two Subscribing witnesses. PAUL lAMivlEREl.4 fsitness'esz BRUNO THIESEN, FRITZ SCHRDER. 

